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lumberjack The Independent
Student Voice
Volleyball seniors
say goodbye to
NAU
• Page 11
Arcosantis
eco-friendly urban
habitats
• Page 15
Issue 14, Volume 96
N o * 2 9 - I to c . 5 , 2 0 0 7
www.IackCentral.com
The Format wows
Prochnow with
acoustic set
• Page 19
Bill would require
file-sharing plans
CHRIS COPLAN
T he Lumberjack
Two weeks ago, the
U.S. House of Representa­tives
Committee on Educa­tion
and Labor introduced a
bill that could add to the fi­nancial
burden for students
because of illegal music
downloading.
On Nov. 9. the com­mittee
introduced the Col­lege
Opportunity and Af­fordability
Act, H.R. 4137.
According to text from
the bill, for universities to
meet the requirements for fi­nancial
aid they would need
to develop and implement a
plan to prevent file-sharing
and illegal downloading.
In a report from the
Motion Picture Association
of America, college campuses
make up $300 million of the
motion picture industry do­mestic
losses.
In a statement, MPAA
Chairman and CEO Dan
Glickman said the introduc­tion
of the bill helps all parties
involved.
“We are pleased to see
that Congress is taking this
step to help keep our economy
strong by protecting copy­righted
material on college
campuses,” Glickman said.
"Intellectual property theft is a
worldwide problem that hurts
our economy and costs more
than 140,000 American jobs
per year.”
See RIAA, Page 5
Faculty answers
animal questions
J I L L BE LLE -O U PRY
T he L u m b er ja c k
When rumors of ani­mal
testing going on at NAU
started escalating, many
students started to ask ques­tions
regarding what was
going on in the university's
research department.
After a story about stu­dents’
concerns about ani­mal
testing was published in
The Lumberjack, a group of
faculty met with students to
help answer questions about
what goes on in the research
department.
“There are a lot of dif­ferent
kinds of procedures
that go on in the biology re­search
annex ” said Lee Dricka-mer,
vice president of research.
"We do non - invasive field stud -
ies where we go out and watch
animals, but never come into
contact with them, and we also
do lab studies that require the
use of live animals.”
Many students brought +
their concerns about using live
animals in tests to the research
department.
“The use of live animals
in our research is sometimes
necessary, such as in tests
concerning womens health,"
Drickamer said.
See ANIMAL, Page 6
Students create new dishes with Spam
J I L L BELLE-O UPBY
T he L um berja ck
In the dining room of
the American Legion’s office
on 204 W. Birch Ave., a small
group of students crowded
around a table piled with empty
Spam containers, engrossed in
watching a group of three girls
building a tree sculpture out of
chunks of uncooked Spam and
toothpicks.
NAU’s Hapa Hawaiian
Club held their third annual
“Spam Cook-Off” on Nov. 18,
where students from the club
met at the American Legion
building to share their recipes
and Spam sculptures in a
contest for the best.
“During World War II
people in Hawaii had to rely on
a lot of canned foods, because
it was hard to get fresh food
shipped there,” said Megan
Moning, junior political
science major.
Moning said the
popularity of Spam grew after
the war.
“They even serve Spam
at places like McDonalds,”
Moning said.
For the past three years,
members of the Hawaiian club
have gathered together to try
out new Spam recipes and
share old ones.
Although it is a
competition judged by a group
of community members, the
participants are more interested
in the fellowship and food.
The contestants were
judged on several categories,
such as taste and creativity.
The entries ranged from Spam
and fried noodles to Spam
“cupcakes”—complete with
mashed potato frosting—to
house sculptures made entirely
of Spam and toothpicks.
See SPAMr Page 19
FRESHMAN BUSINESS M ANAGEMENT major Jessica Benito puts the finishing touch­es
on a Spam sculpture for MAU Hawaiian Club’s Spam cook-off. Hawaii is among the larg­est
per capita consumers of Spam in the world.
Freshman Latino retention rates down for the year
LE E HERNANDEZ
T he L u m ber ja ck
Despite record-breaking
enrollment and feature maga­zine
articles showing NAU as
a top university for graduat­ing
Latinos, retention rates for
freshman Latinos is down.
According to a report re­leased
by the office of Planning
and Institutional Research,
retention rates for first-time
freshman Latino students is
down 10.8 percent, the largest
drop in Latino first year reten­tion
since 2000.
The report shows that for
the 2005-2006 academic year
rates dropped from 67 percent
to around 56 percent. The last
time Latinos saw this big of a
drop was in 2000 when reten­tion
dropped 11.3 percent, the
largest in more than 10 years.
Latinos were not the
only group that experienced a
drop, however. According to
the same report, black students
saw a 3.3 percent drop falling
from 65.5 to 62.2 percent, the
next largest decrease in reten­tion
rates.
Asian students were the
only group the report showed
an increase, rising from 66 to
78.3 percent. Native American,
international and unknown
student numbers remained
fairly steady with no significant
shifts.
The data in the report is
the 'most recent first-year re­tention
data. According to the
officials, data for the 2006-2007
academic yearwill be processed
and released by fall.
This rate drop comes
amidst another year where La­tino
student enrollment and
population increased. Latino
enrollment has increased each
year since 2003.
See LATINO, Page 5
Yellow
bikes
tred on
KATIE CLARK
The Lumberjack
Soph more lenny Wil­lard
hops off one of NAU’s
bright yellow bikes after
riding from North to South
Campus in under 10 min­utes.
“Its awesome,” Wil­lard
said. "With how bad
traffic is this year, it*s just
faster to ride one of these
yellow bikes."
This is a common con­cern
for students who are
often late to class because
of the traffic congestion and
long lines for the buses.
“I used to take the
bus,” Willard said “But now,
if I can find a yellow bike I
will just use it *
See BIKE, Page *
A developed appreciation
ASH LEY BEDFORD, SOPHOMORE photography major, checks out photographs displayed in the School of Com­munication
gallery for NAU's photojournalism club.
4

lumberjack The Independent
Student Voice
Volleyball seniors
say goodbye to
NAU
• Page 11
Arcosantis
eco-friendly urban
habitats
• Page 15
Issue 14, Volume 96
N o * 2 9 - I to c . 5 , 2 0 0 7
www.IackCentral.com
The Format wows
Prochnow with
acoustic set
• Page 19
Bill would require
file-sharing plans
CHRIS COPLAN
T he Lumberjack
Two weeks ago, the
U.S. House of Representa­tives
Committee on Educa­tion
and Labor introduced a
bill that could add to the fi­nancial
burden for students
because of illegal music
downloading.
On Nov. 9. the com­mittee
introduced the Col­lege
Opportunity and Af­fordability
Act, H.R. 4137.
According to text from
the bill, for universities to
meet the requirements for fi­nancial
aid they would need
to develop and implement a
plan to prevent file-sharing
and illegal downloading.
In a report from the
Motion Picture Association
of America, college campuses
make up $300 million of the
motion picture industry do­mestic
losses.
In a statement, MPAA
Chairman and CEO Dan
Glickman said the introduc­tion
of the bill helps all parties
involved.
“We are pleased to see
that Congress is taking this
step to help keep our economy
strong by protecting copy­righted
material on college
campuses,” Glickman said.
"Intellectual property theft is a
worldwide problem that hurts
our economy and costs more
than 140,000 American jobs
per year.”
See RIAA, Page 5
Faculty answers
animal questions
J I L L BE LLE -O U PRY
T he L u m b er ja c k
When rumors of ani­mal
testing going on at NAU
started escalating, many
students started to ask ques­tions
regarding what was
going on in the university's
research department.
After a story about stu­dents’
concerns about ani­mal
testing was published in
The Lumberjack, a group of
faculty met with students to
help answer questions about
what goes on in the research
department.
“There are a lot of dif­ferent
kinds of procedures
that go on in the biology re­search
annex ” said Lee Dricka-mer,
vice president of research.
"We do non - invasive field stud -
ies where we go out and watch
animals, but never come into
contact with them, and we also
do lab studies that require the
use of live animals.”
Many students brought +
their concerns about using live
animals in tests to the research
department.
“The use of live animals
in our research is sometimes
necessary, such as in tests
concerning womens health,"
Drickamer said.
See ANIMAL, Page 6
Students create new dishes with Spam
J I L L BELLE-O UPBY
T he L um berja ck
In the dining room of
the American Legion’s office
on 204 W. Birch Ave., a small
group of students crowded
around a table piled with empty
Spam containers, engrossed in
watching a group of three girls
building a tree sculpture out of
chunks of uncooked Spam and
toothpicks.
NAU’s Hapa Hawaiian
Club held their third annual
“Spam Cook-Off” on Nov. 18,
where students from the club
met at the American Legion
building to share their recipes
and Spam sculptures in a
contest for the best.
“During World War II
people in Hawaii had to rely on
a lot of canned foods, because
it was hard to get fresh food
shipped there,” said Megan
Moning, junior political
science major.
Moning said the
popularity of Spam grew after
the war.
“They even serve Spam
at places like McDonalds,”
Moning said.
For the past three years,
members of the Hawaiian club
have gathered together to try
out new Spam recipes and
share old ones.
Although it is a
competition judged by a group
of community members, the
participants are more interested
in the fellowship and food.
The contestants were
judged on several categories,
such as taste and creativity.
The entries ranged from Spam
and fried noodles to Spam
“cupcakes”—complete with
mashed potato frosting—to
house sculptures made entirely
of Spam and toothpicks.
See SPAMr Page 19
FRESHMAN BUSINESS M ANAGEMENT major Jessica Benito puts the finishing touch­es
on a Spam sculpture for MAU Hawaiian Club’s Spam cook-off. Hawaii is among the larg­est
per capita consumers of Spam in the world.
Freshman Latino retention rates down for the year
LE E HERNANDEZ
T he L u m ber ja ck
Despite record-breaking
enrollment and feature maga­zine
articles showing NAU as
a top university for graduat­ing
Latinos, retention rates for
freshman Latinos is down.
According to a report re­leased
by the office of Planning
and Institutional Research,
retention rates for first-time
freshman Latino students is
down 10.8 percent, the largest
drop in Latino first year reten­tion
since 2000.
The report shows that for
the 2005-2006 academic year
rates dropped from 67 percent
to around 56 percent. The last
time Latinos saw this big of a
drop was in 2000 when reten­tion
dropped 11.3 percent, the
largest in more than 10 years.
Latinos were not the
only group that experienced a
drop, however. According to
the same report, black students
saw a 3.3 percent drop falling
from 65.5 to 62.2 percent, the
next largest decrease in reten­tion
rates.
Asian students were the
only group the report showed
an increase, rising from 66 to
78.3 percent. Native American,
international and unknown
student numbers remained
fairly steady with no significant
shifts.
The data in the report is
the 'most recent first-year re­tention
data. According to the
officials, data for the 2006-2007
academic yearwill be processed
and released by fall.
This rate drop comes
amidst another year where La­tino
student enrollment and
population increased. Latino
enrollment has increased each
year since 2003.
See LATINO, Page 5
Yellow
bikes
tred on
KATIE CLARK
The Lumberjack
Soph more lenny Wil­lard
hops off one of NAU’s
bright yellow bikes after
riding from North to South
Campus in under 10 min­utes.
“Its awesome,” Wil­lard
said. "With how bad
traffic is this year, it*s just
faster to ride one of these
yellow bikes."
This is a common con­cern
for students who are
often late to class because
of the traffic congestion and
long lines for the buses.
“I used to take the
bus,” Willard said “But now,
if I can find a yellow bike I
will just use it *
See BIKE, Page *
A developed appreciation
ASH LEY BEDFORD, SOPHOMORE photography major, checks out photographs displayed in the School of Com­munication
gallery for NAU's photojournalism club.
4